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Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X (www.cnbc.com)

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Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X::Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, warns Elon Musk about disinformation on X related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 52 points 8 months ago

Boy I hope the EU does something besides sit around with its dick in their hands.

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company’s annual revenue.

“I remind you that following the opening of a potential investigation and a finding of non-compliance, penalties can be imposed,” Breton wrote.

The second might be just talk but the first one is very much “something”.

[-] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Since Twitter lost $20 billion in value this year, he would argue that means the EU owes Twitter $1.2 billion.

Edit: Yes, revenue vs profit. I get it. It was a joke.

[-] bookmeat@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago

Revenue. Doesn't matter what they're worth.

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